202 pages : 23 cm

Contains nineteen essays that examine Frederick Douglass's early life as a slave, his role in the abolitionist movement, his work as a civil rights leader, and his legacy

Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-196) and index

Introduction : Frederick Douglass and the battle for African American liberty -- ch. 1. Douglass's early life as a slave -- 1. The Bailey legacy / Dickson J. Preston -- 2. A growing discontent with slave life / Benjamin Quarles -- 3. Douglass's discovery of oratory / Gregory P. Lampe -- ch. 2. Douglass and the abolitionist movement -- 1. The inevitability of the Douglass-Garrison conflict / Tyrone Tillery -- 2. Frederick Douglass, preacher / William L. Andrews -- 3. The radical as reformer / Leslie Friedman Goldstein -- 4. Douglass and antislavery violence / James H. Cook -- 5. Douglass and Lincoln / Christopher N. Breiseth -- ch. 3. Douglass as a civil rights leader -- 1. Preserving the abolitionist conception of the Civil War / David W. Blight -- 2. A composite American nationality / Waldo E. Martin Jr. -- 3. Supporting the woman's rights movement / Benjamin Quarles -- 4. Frederick Douglass and American diplomacy in the Caribbean / Merline Pitre -- 5. The Douglasses abroad / Philip S. Foner -- 6. Triumphant days at the World's Columbian Exposition / Anna R. Paddon, Sally Turner -- ch. 4. Debating the legacy of Frederick Douglass -- 1. Final honors and tributes / Booker T. Washington -- 2. Du Bois on Douglass / Herbert Aptheker -- 3. Was Douglass a representative Black man? / Wilson J. Moses -- Appendix of documents -- Discussion questions -- Chronology

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